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Julius Walker

“Juice Box”

Record 7-3United StatesTeam Fusion

The style

Finishing Striker
Former college basketball player · Two-fight skid · High finish rate
GrapplingStriking

Julius Walker is a 27-year-old American light heavyweight out of Springfield, Missouri, a former Drury University basketball player turned finisher with four of his seven career wins coming by knockout. He has dropped two straight, an eight-second knockout loss to Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev at UFC Baku the most recent, after a second-round finish of Dustin Jacoby in February 2026. He now meets veteran Gerald Meerschaert, who is moving up from middleweight for this matchup.

Tale of the tape

Record7-3
Age27
Height6'4"
Reach78"
StanceOrthodox
CountryUnited States
TeamTeam Fusion

The numbers

Career UFC averages.

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How they win
4 KO/TKO2 SUB1 DEC
How they lose
2 KO/TKO0 SUB1 DEC

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